SkyWatch ~ Sunrise Surprise

I have often seen wonderful red gold sunrises but this, as I

opened my bleary eyes was a sufficient surprise for me to leap

out of bed . . .

it started out as superimposed pink on blue

but quickly deepened into an almost magenta hue

and for a moment, gave me this striped effect before as

suddenly as it had come, like a dream, it had gone.

It just goes to show it is worth keeping a lookout.

Join the hundreds who post their skies on SkyWatch each week, it is

so interesting to watch the skies around the world.

Winter gems

Oxalis glowing in its drab winter surroundings.

Lachenalia quadricolour welcoming at the garden gate

A neglected secret garden bright with Oxalis pes-caprae, Soursob in Austalia, Bermuda Buttercup in New Zealand and many other names in many other places.

A nudge and a wink in an otherwise dormant garden. A Geranium my grandson grew for me when he was 10. It has flowered year in year out through rain, snow and drought for 9 years.

Chaenomeles japonica on a fence behind a droplet covered Betula alba. In summer hidden behind a curtain of leaves, in winter glowing in morning light where we see it on first waking.




All the sparkling diamonds the faeries left behind after their nightly forays through my garden.